Definition of "checking account" []

• A bank account in which checks may be written against amounts on deposit. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "At nine A.M., Adam Crider walked out of the Aspen Police Department with a voided check from my checking account and headed over to the U.S. Bank."
• "After having breakfast downtown he bought four hot dogs, laid in a supply of flashlights, and opened a checking account at the First Potato National."
• "Instead of banking with Cucamonga Savings and Loan, consider opening at least a checking account with Wells Fargo or another interstate bank that has branches in many states."